St Josephs Playgroup Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Bromley for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2008, with 50 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BR1 3JFWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 21 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy coming into the welcoming environment, and they are happy and excited to see the staff and other children. Staff reassure parents. Children choose from a variety of activities set up to capture their interests. Staff help children to follow the routines well and move safely between areas within the playgroup.
Children talk to staff about their needs and come to them for comfort and help when needed.
Staff plan activities to encourage children's identification of shape. Older children pick up shape cards and name the shape. Staff ask children questions, encouraging them to develop their learning further by describing the features of different shapes. Children can say how many sides and corners shapes have. Children remain focused during their play and use the shapes to make artwork. Children create houses and cars. They put two semi circles together to make a wheel.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve strategies for managing behaviour to help children manage their feelings and emotions and to support them to understand the impact of their actions upon others n strengthen key-person interactions further to ensure children's learning is more tailored to their individual needs.
- 21 February 2024Good
- 26 February 2018Good
- 11 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Josephs Playgroup Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.